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Utah Legislature to consider extending school lunch breaks
Are 15 minutes enough time for a lunch break? That’s the typical time Utah schools allocate for children to eat, counting the time to walk to the cafeteria, and line up to get food. That’s a big deal for many parents and children, Rep. Tiara Auxier, R-Morgan, said during the the Education Interim Committee’s first meeting of the year on Wednesday, while she advocated for the panel to study expanding the seat time for lunch in public schools. As her colleagues passed a House bill this year making school lunch free for students who qualify for reduced-priced meals, Auxier kept ...
